Sikamino Residence, Attica Property, New House in Greece, Greek Architecture
Residence in Sikamino
Greek House Design: Attica Residential Development – design by Tense Architecture Network
post updated 12 Jan 2019
Sikamino House
Design: Tense Architecture Network
Location: Sikamino, central Greece (north of Athens)

Photos : Stelios Delis
New Residence in Sikamino
The 6,000 m2 field is elongated, rural. How could a residence rise out of the ground, how could it be confined to a roof" The residence is its roof. A sixty meters long one. It can be perceived as a slightly elevated strip of earthy crust in front of the distant mountains of Euboea. The roof is born from the ground and it is planted likewise: helichrysum, rosanthemum, lavender, gauras, thyme.
The building shell is of reinforced concrete, exposed on roofs and walls. Iron frames, sun-protecting blinds, metallic shutters palliate the sense of transparency. The sculptural clarity of the concrete roof was attained by means of inversion of all beams but one, which abuts at the central column: the hearth. A tense, twofold merge of the 400m2 residence with its surrounding field is attempted: via an immersing into the ground and a simultaneous covering by the elongated roof.

The project?s sustainability is attained by passive means: the energy conservation achieved by the immersion and the earthy covering is intensified by the protecting, cantilevered hovering of the roof. The building?s shell is bichrome: con...